A Familiar Epifile from C. Anfley, Elq; to C. W. Bampfylde, Efq; Tranflated and addressed to the Ladies. 4to. 1s. Almon. A tranflation worthy of its original, and probably by the fame author, as the reader may conceive from the following fpecimen; defcriptive of characters at Bath. Oft have I feen, and forely griev'd to fee, How fhall the Mufe her honeft rage retrain, A tongue, which blunt, harsh truths did ne'er difgrace, Of Lords, Caftratos, Fidlers, Pimps, and Whores, *The Weevil Worm The The Nymph abroad, lo Johnny cringing stands, His ears erect, the cur begins the chace, She with a fmile his fulfome tongue repays Quit thefe, ye nymphs, and let fuch marks defcribe Who, once to man's delufive arts a prey, Health's crimfon glow no more is theirs, no more peace restore, Their fates the Graces mourn, nor fhall the Mufe A Me A Monody, facred to the Memory of Elizabeth, Dutchess of Northumberland: 4to. 6d. Dodfley. Written by the author of the poetical pieces entitled' Hagley and St. Thomas's Mount. Confidering it as an occafional production, probably ftruck off in hafte, it is by no means deftitute of poetical merit. *** An Elegy; occafioned by the Death of a Lady's Linnet. 4to. Is. Davies. Pretty and pathetic enough for the subject. Box-Hill, A Defcriptive Poem. By Edward Beavan. 4to. 25. Wilkie. If this be the beft fpecimen, Mafter Edward Beavan can give of his talents for defcriptive poetry, he muft content himelf with having reached the fummit of Box Hill: he will never arrive at the forked heights of Parnaffus. The Goat's Beard. A Fable. 4to. Is. 6d. Dodfley. One of the fables of the concife and elegant Phædrus is here amplified into a tedious tale of fome hundred lines; fo loosely and inelegantly written that, though they might have done credit to a school-boy of the lower clafs, they reflect little credit on a profeffed poet, promoted to the Laureat.. *** A Concife Hiftory of England, from the earliest Times to the Death of George II. By John Wesley, A. M. 12mo. 4 vols. 11s. fewed. Hawes. A plagiary on Rapin, Smollet, and Goldfmith, fabricated, as the author pretends, with a view to promote the caufe of Chriftianity, and to obviate the difgrace of there not being one Christian hiftory of this Chriftian country. * The Adventures of Telemachus the Son of Ulyffes. Tranflated from the French of Monf. F. Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambray. By T. Smollett, M. D. 2 vols. 12mo. 6s. Crowder. A tolerably good, though we think unneceffary, tranflation of the celebrated profaic-poem of Telemachus; made no doubt by the ingenious writer, whofe name is affixed, although we do not find any diftinguifhing marks of his ftile. The The Preceptor, or Counsellor of Human Life, for the Use of Britifh Youth. Containing Select Pieces in Natural and Moral Philofophy, Hiftory, and Eloquence; the Lives of Sir Ifaac Newton, Rollin, Demofthenes, and Milton: Alfo fhort Sketches of the Birth and Death of fome of the most illuftrious Men in all Ages. The Whole defigned to be a moft entertaining and inAructive Book for the Apprentices of the City of London, to affift them in recollecting and retaining the most important Parts of a good Education; with a Dedication to Sir Stephen Theodore Fanen, Bart. the late worthy Chamberlain of London. Compiled by John Ryland, A. M. of Northampton. 8vo. 3s. fewed. Dilly. So explicit and ample a title-page renders it unneceffary for us to fay any thing farther of this work, than that it is executed in a man er agreeable to its title; being properly enough adapted to the perfons, for whom it is profeffedly defigned, our city apprentices; and therefore with propriety dedicated to the Chamberlain of London. Genuine Memoirs of the Countefs Dubarré, Miftrefs to Louis XV. containing the fecret and political Hiftory of the French Court, to the Death of that monarch. Tranflated from the French. 2 vols 5s 6d bound. Stevens. Thefe genuine memoirs contain very little more than the writer might have picked up from the public papers. They may not, however, be the lefs true; there being a proverb in favour of the truth of what is told by every body. The Electrical Eel, or Gymnotus Electricus. bonourable Members of the R-1 SStrong, Naturalift. 4to. is 6d. Bew. Infcribed to the -y. By Adam Some wicked wit has here taken occafion, from a natural phænomenon, lately exhibited in this metropolis, to display his talents for the double-entendre: But why it is infcribed only to the honourable members of the Royal Society we know not; as we conceive, if what the Poet fays be true, "That want of decency is want of fenfe;" this production is more immediately calculated to please the dull and dishonourable members of that learned body. *** A Let A Letter to Courtney Melmoth, Efq; With fome Remarks on two Baoks, called Liberal Opinions, and the Pupil of Pleasure. 8vo. 18. Wilkie. A fenfible and well-written letter, figned Euphrafia; by which, we fuppofe, it is infinuated that it was written by a woman. The matter, however, is too pithy, and the manner too terfe and concife, to permit us to think it the production of a female pen; we fhall for the prefent, however, give into that fuppofition. The fubject is an expoftulation with Mr. Melmoth, on account of that warmth of defcription, with which he hath painted the fcenes of voluptuoufnefs, and we may add vice, exhibited in his hiftory of Benignus, and more particularly his Pupil of Pleasure. This, Euphrafia thinks dangerous and feductive, on the principle of the motto, the bas adopted from Pope;'; "Vice is a monster of fo frightful mien We should gladly have cited a few paffages from this letterwriter, if our limits would have allowed it; and may poffibly refume this little pamphlet next month. Theodofius and Conftantia: A poetical Epifile. 4to. IS Walker. If Pope's epiftle from Eloifa to Abelard were not indelibly printed in our memory, we might be pleased with many palfages in this little poem; which it must be confeffed has fome merit, as a Canto; but we cannot accept of the apology in the * writer's motto for fuch incorrect lines as the following: "Then would't thou pity rather than condemn, And moan the fufferings of mifguided men. Affist me, heav'n! before mastonished eyes. The ftory of Theodofius and Conftantia may be feen in the 164th number of the Spectator. Dr. Langhorne has alfo published fome letters fuppofed to have paffed between them in profe. Song was his favorite and first purfait E. MINSTREL |